Inventory of the Erwin Cotton Mills Oral Histories, 2000

Collection Number 5291

Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Descriptive Summary

Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

Title

Erwin Cotton Mills Oral Histories, 2000

Call Number

5291

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: 18

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Usage Restrictions

CLOSED: Interviews with Verdie Holmes (C-5291/3) and Edward McLamb (C-5291/6) were received at the Southern Historical Collection without release forms and are closed.

RESTRICTED: Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Bruce McNair of Fuquay Varina, N.C., in February 2006 (Acc. 100487).

Processing Information

Processed by: Jackie Dean, January 2007

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, January 2007

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Erwin Cotton Mills Oral Histories #5291, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Burlington Industries, Inc.

Erwin (N.C.)--Commerce.

Erwin (N.C.)--Economic conditions.

Erwin (N.C.)--History.

Erwin (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Erwin Cotton Mills.

North Carolina--Industries and resources.

Oral history.

Swift Textiles, Inc.

Textile industry--North Carolina.

Textile industry--North Carolina--Erwin.

Textile industry--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Textile workers--North Carolina--Erwin.

Textile workers--North Carolina--Interviews.

Textile workers--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Historical Note

Erwin Cotton Mills Number 2 began operation in 1904 on a site on the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, N.C. The mill was owned by the Erwin Cotton Mill Company of Durham, N.C. The town that grew up around the mill was initially called Duke after the Duke family members who were prominent stakeholders in the Erwin Cotton Mill Company. In 1926, the town's name was changed to Erwin. Burlington Industries purchased Erwin Cotton Mills in 1962. In 1987, Burlington Industries was purchased by Swift Textiles, Inc., of Columbus, Ga. Erwin Cotton Mills in Erwin, N.C., closed in 2000.

Collection Overview

Oral history interviews with former mill workers of the Erwin Cotton Mills in Erwin, N.C. Interviews were conducted by students in Bruce McNair's honors class at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., in November 2000. The collection also includes partial transcriptions of the interviews created by the students as part of their coursework.

Items Separated

T-5291/1-9

Detailed Description of the Collection